I am so happy that Toril's grrrreat piece comes out in Public Books on June 1, to match the publication of B-Side Books as an edited volume, by Columbia University Press. If you have a friend who seems to have read everything, it's the perfect gift-as-challenge! (cup.columbia.edu/book/b-side-bo…)

Edited by John Plotz, B-SIDE BOOKS celebrates the great books that time forgot. Contributors include @stevenbiel3, Jonathan Bolton, Kevin Brazil, Adrienne Brown, Stephanie Burt (Taylor's Version) 🥥✨, @seetachaganti, Margaret Cohen, Caleb Crain, @PDabashi, Lorraine Daston, Theo Davis, Maud Ellmann

Calling all Ginzburg fans, who'll be delighted to hear Merve unpack the universal appeal of polishing off your not-better half.....

Massive thanks to Public Books Columbia University Press and the 40 scholars/writers who together wrote "B-Side Books" out this week from Columbia University Press. From "Lady into Fox" to "Solaris" to....

Penny's B-Side on Graham Greene (who does not tweet...) was wonderful, and in great company...

Calling all pods…..!

.Novel Dialogue is a literature-centered podcast featuring novelists and critics and co-hosted by NHC Fellows John Plotz (2001–02) and Aarthi Vadde (2020–21). This episode features literary critic Michael Johnston (Fellow, 2020-21).

I am extremely excited for this! Especially now that Latif Nasser has been confirmed as keynote speaker....

Has the Left made a terrible mistake by pinning its electoral hopes on college-educated voters? Delighted that Matt Karp 🌹🦏🇺🇸 joined me and Adaner Usmani on the Recall This Book podcast to kick off our discussion of the (curse of the) Brahmin Left. recallthisbook.org

Loved the chance to speak with Piketty. His take on reparations and his comparisons between Bush and Trump were a couple of the biggest surprises... The Long Road to a New Ideology: Piketty on Trump, Democrats, and Inequality publicbooks.org/the-long-road-… via @publicbooks

Season 2 alert🙌Join us on Sept 16 for the novelist Jennifer Egan Jennifer Egan and Ivan Kreilkamp/ @ivan812.bsky.social👇 This season, we will be powering up with episode-related blog posts. Please subscribe to our blog so you don't miss a thing! noveldialogue.org

What is a literary interview, and why do people enjoy them? ND blog editor James Draney ponders these questions in our inaugural blog post! noveldialogue.org/2021/09/09/on-…

I’ve never heard Twitch tv compared to the realist novel before…that Egan!

I just committed to ride the Pan-Mass Challenge. Click here to join me for #PMC2022! secure.pmc.org/Ride #PMC2022 via @panmass

“It was all mixed up with his office, this space where my sad and serious dad did his sad and serious thinking: here’s where I’m going to figure it out, make good for our family.” Charles Yu on childhood and writing stories featuring immigrant families: buff.ly/3LXEHMg

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Far-right nationalisms like Hindutva and Zionism were transnational projects from the outset. Tracing this fascist diaspora, Ajantha Subramanian, Lori Allen, and John Plotz suggest, helps clarify right-wing nationalism’s function. buff.ly/4dX8jGH

In a new episode of our partner podcast Novel Dialogue, ecocritic Elizabeth Caroyln Miller talks with author Kim Stanley Robinson about the impact of his influential climate novel “Ministry for the Future.” Hosted by John Plotz. buff.ly/sFotYSx

“To the extent that we are willing to state the facts as we know them to be, we still live in the actual world.” New at PB, John Plotz considers Hannah Arendt’s “Lying in Politics: Reflections on the Pentagon Papers.”: buff.ly/j1rhwkF

A pleasure to pit Arendt against Trumpian power lies, bluff, and bs…